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A young boy sits cross-legged on a stone platform at night, wearing an orange saffron cloth wrap and a rudraksha mala of brown beads across his chest. He has white horizontal tilak lines on his forehead and white painted stripes on his arms and shoulders. He holds a bundle of yellow and red flowers in a brass pot and a broom-like grass stick. Behind him a man in a white shirt and a cloth tied on his forehead sits by a large wooden wheel and a metal drum, with a stack of dried bundles at the right edge.

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A young boy with a shaved head sits with eyes closed and mouth slightly open in chanting, wearing an orange-saffron cloth draped over his shoulder and a long strand of rudraksha beads across his chest. A white vertical mark and red kumkum dot adorn his forehead, and white ash stripes mark his upper arm. He holds a small brass spoon in one hand and rests the other in his lap. Behind him, an older man in orange with rudraksha beads and white forehead marks sits with palms pressed together in prayer, and brass vessels are visible at the lower edge.2013-07-31December 19 20132013-12-19December 20 20132013-12-20Four young men seated on an orange cloth at an outdoor ritual, with a bronze vessel, brass bowls and a vessel of yellow marigolds in the foreground. Three are dressed in white dhotis with bare upper bodies or orange shawls, wearing rudraksha malas and white tilaka on their foreheads; the man at left in white with a gold border speaks into a microphone while another in white holds a small ladle and a bundle of grass over a plate. A seated attendant at right in an orange shawl with rudraksha beads holds a wand near the marigold vessel. Flower petals are scattered on the cloth, and a vehicle wheel is visible behind them. No identifiable a person appears in the frame.2013-12-17December 20 20132013-12-20A young person with a shaved head sits cross-legged on a concrete floor under a red-pillared open shelter, palms pressed together in namaskar with eyes closed. They wear an orange-saffron robe with a red undercloth, a dark rudraksha-style mala and a small round pendant, and white horizontal markings on the forehead and arms. In front lie a white cloth scattered with red flowers, a basket of red blossoms, brass vessels, a coconut, yellow marigold garlands and incense. The scene suggests a puja or padapuja offering.2013-12-20Close photo of a young shaven-headed boy in saffron-orange sannyasi robes seated in a temple or ashram setting, with a white forehead band and red bindi, wearing layered rudraksha malas with silver spacers and a pendant bearing a small portrait. Behind him, a man with glasses and a red forehead mark wears orange robes and rudraksha beads, and another person in maroon clothing sits in the background. A pendant portrait on the necklace is too small to read.2013-06-27December 20 20132013-12-20Photo of a night ritual with smoke in the air. Four young boys in saffron-orange robes sit cross-legged on a mat in front of yellow flowers. Three of the boys, in the foreground, have white ash bands on their foreheads and arms, wear beaded necklaces, and have hands folded in their laps; the nearest boy gazes upward. A fourth, older-looking figure at the right holds open a book with yellow covers and reads or chants. Their presence is consistent with a puja or homa.2013-12-19April 12 20132013-04-12 +1 copiesA young shaven-headed boy in saffron-orange robes sits cross-legged behind a small silver puja tray during a ritual setting in an open courtyard. He wears a rudraksha mala, a pendant, and small hoop earrings, with white sacred markings on his forehead and arms. On the tray are brass bowls, a lit oil lamp, a brass vessel, incense sticks, a conch shell, flowers and offerings of fruit. Beside him stand a brass kalasha decorated with yellow flowers and mango leaves, coconuts, a basket of red petals and a tall steel container. The mat beneath is striped red, green and natural woven. Red pillars frame the scene. The image is a photograph; no a person candidate is visibly identifiable by the cues required.2013-12-20Outdoor ritual on a cloth-covered floor at night. A shaved-headed young priest in white dhoti with gold border sits centrally, holding a stick, with white ash markings on his forehead and arms and a rudraksha mala. Three young men in saffron-orange cloth with white tripundra markings and beaded malas sit around him; the one at left sings from a book on a blue stand before a microphone, and the one at right holds a bundle of sticks. Brass vessels, a small kalasha-like pot, yellow and red flower garlands, a lit oil lamp in a brass cup and a metal tray stand in front. A green metal cabinet and foliage are behind them. a person is not visibly present in this image.2013-12-17